Non-reusable bottle.



PATBNTED MAY 19, 1903.

No. 723,319. I

' c; H. SBINNEY, 2D.

NON-REUSABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 5, 1902.

no MODEL.

I A V,

1 UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE;

CHARLES HERBERT SPINNEY, 2D, OF CHESTNUTHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

NON-REUSABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 728,319, dated May 19,1903. Application filed June 5,1902. Serial No. 110.394. (No model.)

To all whom, it 71mg concern.- I

Be it known that I, CHARLES HERBERT SPINNEY, 2d, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and a resident of Ohestnuthill, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Non-Reusable Bottles, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottles and certainappurtenances therewith connected to obviate the secondary repletion ofliquids counterfeiting or differing from the original contents of thevessel.

The objects of my improved invention are to provide a bottle havingnovel accessories inclosed within a two-part valve-casing situatedwithin the neck and arranged to automatically close the valve-passagesunder certain conditions hereinafter disclosed, and to thus hermeticallyseal the bottle and render it perpetually non-reusable.

My invention comprises other valuable features illustrated in thedrawings hereunto annexed and particularly defined in the claims.Referring to the drawings, in which corresponding characters denotesimilar features throughoutthe several views, Figure 1 illustrates alongitudinal vertical section of my improved bottle with one segment ofthe valve-casing and its accompanying appurtenances in position withinthe neck. Fig. 2 is a plan of the valve-casing, showing bothsemicircular segments assembled. Fig. 3 denotes the exterior elevationof the same, Fig. 4 being a plan of the bottle. Fig. 5 exhibits inperspective one of the segments detached from its companion with thevalve omitted. Fig. 6 is a transverse section on dashed line 6 6 of Fig.7. Fig. 7 designates a longitudinal section through each segment placedin juxtaposition. Fig. 8 illustrates a transverse section on dashed line8 8 of Fig. 7, and'Fig. 9 a modified construction of the valve-casingwith its perforated disk horizontally placed and its valve omitted. I

In the drawings, A denotes the improved bottle having an inward taperBat the junction of the neck and body and an interior groove (3 aroundthe middle approximately of the neck, these features embracing theimprovements in the bottle construction. Within the bottle-neck andbetween said .junction B and groove 0 is placed the valve subsesequentto the filling of the bottle. Said valve comprises two independentcoacting semicircular segments D and D, preferably made of glass or anysuitable material, connected temporarily by four lugs E, seated incorresponding depressions F when said seg- 6o ments are aliued beforethey are finally placed in position in the neck.

G G designate the transverse horizontal rests at the top of each segmentor valve, and G G shorter rests below and parallel with the former. Saidrests collectively secure in a stable manner the disk H, comprising abody of a cellulose character adapted to expand or swell greatly underconditions of moisture or contact with liquids, and designed in thepresent instance to incrassate sufficiently to effectually choke thevalvepassage I, formed by and between the h0rizontal abutments J J, Fig.l, to the extent practically indicated in dotted lines, as at H Toprotect the exterior of said disk H during the legitimate employment ofthe bottle, an elastic insoluble envelop K protects the body of the diskfrom contact with the bottles contents. Should, however, an attempt bemade to repl'enishth'e bottle through the customary agency of thepulsometer, the partial vacuum-thus formed within the bottle oifers noresistance to the air compressed in the chambers H H within the disk H,and the s.

resultant pressure upon the material 'K fractures it and exposesthebodyof the disk to the'conditions previously set forth,when expansionresults, thus rendering the bottle useless. V

L L denote the ball-valve supports or runs integral with the casing, ofwhich there are two .in each segment, with the valve-seats at L Llimiting the action of the valve M, as

shown. Said valve is provided with a weight N, united thereto by aflexible support. The function of this weight is to accentuate thecontact of the valve with the seat L Said valve acts by gravity,assisted by the weight of the liquid decanted when the bottle isinverted, the depending lugs O forming a rest for the weight N in amanner to avoid obstructing the flow of the contents from the bottle.

, ret e ted'me 19,-1903."

P P represent gaskets or paekings, composed of any suitable compressibleand expansible material. In the former (P) the packing coacts with thedepression 0 in the inner wall of the neck A as the assembledapurtenances are forced into position and pro duces a liquid-tightcontact, while the gasket P may serve a similar purpose while confiningthe pair of segments and also contributes to the stability of thestructure when in final position, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

The operation of myimproved invention is as follows, premising thevalvecases and their accessories organized and in proper position Withinthe neck A of the filled bottle: The stopple being removed the bottle isinverted, when the valve M, accelerated by the pres sure of thecontents, moves to its seat Ii, (shown in the dotted position M,) theliquid flows through the passage I following the direction of theseveral arrows, past the protected disk, and out through the orifice ofthe neck until the bottle is depleted. Should the bottle be restored toan upright position, the

valve M, assisted by its auxiliary N, obviously falls to its originalposition, closing the valve-opening. Should the bottle be inclined inany position away from the perpendicular to attempt an inflow of liquidby gravity, the valve would assume its position on the seat L throughthe agency of its flexibly-attached weight N, and thus prevent theintroduction of liquid to supplant the original content-s Obviouslythere may be other modifications structurally departing from the mannerillustrated, as also in the material employed for hermetically closingthe valve-passages, and therefore I do not limit myinvention except ashereinafter expressed in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States 1. In a non-reusable bottle thevalve-case, the disk supported therein adapted to expand upon contactwith moisture, means to protect the body of the disk from contact withthe liquid contents while depleting the bottle and means integral withsaid disk to assist expansion of the same upon disruption of itsprotective covering and during saturation to sufficiently close thevalve-passage against any inflow of liquid as specified.

2. A valve-casing comprising two coacting segments provided with meansfor their alinement, a chambered disk containing, air and provided withan exterior envelop rupturable by a vacuum, said disk having distensibleproperties upon contact with liquid, a passage formed by the aggroupmentof said segments, and abutments receiving the increasement of said diskafter saturation so as to hermetically seal said passage.

3. In a separable valve-casing, the horizontal rests adapted to supportan expansible disk, the abutments horizontally situated to form apassage for the outflow of liquid, the chambered disk partitioning saidpassage provided with a non-soluble envelop, the valveruns and meansoperating therebe tween to arrest the inflow of liquid to the bottlesubstantially as herein specified.

4. In a bottle designed to be non-reusable the two-part valve-casingprovided circumferentially with exterior means at each end to excludeair or liquid between said casing and the neck of the bottle. and alsoto maintain the union of the valve-segments, the disk inherent with theproperty of distention when wet and means to support said disk centrallywith the valve-passage, in combination therewith the bottle having aneck provided with an annular inner groove to receive the said means toinsure air and liquid tight contact with the valve-casing, and means atthe base of the bottle-neck to obstruct the entrance of the assembledsegments to the body of the bottle as specified.

5. The combination with the two-part valve casing provided with achambered disk having the property of extreme distention under moistureand means integral with said casing to support said disk, a passage forthe flow of liquid, and means within the passage to arrest the liquidcurrent, of the bottle having an inward taper at the junction of theneck and body, and means Within the neck between said junction and theorifice to receive the assembled casing substantially as set forth.

6. In combination with a bottle having a neck provided with an annulargroove, and an inward taper, the valve-segments, the passage formed bythe union of said segments, the distentionable air-filled disk withinsaid passage, the valve-runs and the valve provided with aflexibly-attached Weight as an auxiliary to readjust said valve againstits seat and to resist any movement therefromat such an angle as wouldpermit the inflow by gravity of liquor to the body of the bottlesubstantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts, this 29th day of May, 1902.

CHARLES HERBERT SPINNEY, 2N1).

Witnesses:

JOHN PERRINS, J r., H. E. REMICK, Jr.

